Google, Facebook extend work-from-home plans
Google and Facebook have told most employees to keep working from home for the rest of the year as part of a response by the tech giants to the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
May 8, 2020
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Software
Google updates Read Along and Google Lens apps
Google this week announced upgrades to two programs: one will assist users researching words and expressions and learning foreign languages, and the other will help children who are learning to read.
Robotics
Inspired by cheetahs, researchers build fastest soft robots yet
Inspired by the biomechanics of cheetahs, researchers have developed a new type of soft robot that is capable of moving more quickly on solid surfaces or in the water than previous generations of soft robots. The new soft ...
May 8, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Apple dominates the smartwatch market as sales rise despite COVID-19 pandemic, report says
Smartwatch sales continued to climb during the start of the coronavirus crisis with Apple selling more than three times as many devices as its competitors, according to a new report by research firm Strategy Analytics.
May 8, 2020
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Business
YouTube TV subscribers getting access to Viacom channels including VH1, BET, MTV and others
Popular cable brands such as Comedy Central, BET, VH1 and CMT are all headed for YouTube TV this summer in a deal made possible by the Viacom and CBS merger that happened last year.
May 8, 2020
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Business
Lufthansa to resume some European services in June
German airline giant Lufthansa said Friday it will fly twice as many aircraft in June as in recent weeks and return to some European destinations, but the flight plan remains a shadow of pre-coronavirus operations.
May 8, 2020
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Telecom
A pioneering study into the description of the architecture for a new standard for telecommunications
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is a United Nations Organization agency commissioned to regulate international telecommunications between different operating administrations and businesses. Pursuant to specific ...
May 8, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Data science drives new maps to predict the growth of cities over next century
University of Delaware data scientist Jing Gao is fascinated by the ways that cities and towns grow over time. This concept is known as urbanization.
May 8, 2020
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Engineering
NASA to demonstrate first in-space manufacturing for space mirrors
Large telescopes that could be used for detecting and analyzing Earth-like planets in orbit around other stars or for peering back in time to observe the very early universe may not necessarily have to be built and assembled ...
May 8, 2020
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Engineering
A model for the origami-inspired folding of a tubular waterbomb
In recent years, research teams worldwide have been trying to apply origami-folding strategies to mechanical structures, as this could allow them to change their shape both rapidly and efficiently. A key advantage of origami, ...
